consolatory
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kənˈsɒl.ət.(ə)ɹ.i/ / /kənˈsoʊl.ə.tɔɹ.i/ / /kənˈsɑl.ə.tɔɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius.
- Which consoles.
“[…] where in he reporteth of the coragius wordes that were moch consolatory […]”
“1649, John Donne, Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, Volume 2, “Sermon XVII. Preached at Lincolns Inne,” p. 140, Where then is the restorative, the consolatory nature of these words? In this, beloved, consists our comfort […]”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius.
- That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.
“1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 658-662, in Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, pp. 43-44, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much perswasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought, But with' afflicted in his pangs thir sound Little prevails,”
“How is it possible to imagine, that a woman, who has all these consolatories to reflect upon, will die of a broken heart?”